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creator IMAGE OF GOD AS CREATOR
When you think about God, how likely are each of these
images to come to your mind? Would you say extremely
likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not likely
at all? Creator.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
81.4 1650 1 EXTREMELY LIKELY
13.8 279 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY
2.3 47 3 NOT TOO LIKELY
2.5 50 4 NOT LIKELY AT ALL
28 8 DK
29 9 NA
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father IMAGE OF GOD AS FATHER
When you think about God, how likely are each of these
images to come to your mind? Would you say extremely
likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not likely
at all? Father.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
62.3 1258 1 EXTREMELY LIKELY
24.2 489 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY
6.4 129 3 NOT TOO LIKELY
7.1 144 4 NOT LIKELY AT ALL
33 8 DK
30 9 NA
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spouse IMAGE OF GOD AS SPOUSE
When you think about God, how likely are each of these
images to come to your mind? Would you say extremely
likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not likely
at all? Spouse.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
16.6 329 1 EXTREMELY LIKELY
17.1 339 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY
26.4 524 3 NOT TOO LIKELY
39.9 792 4 NOT LIKELY AT ALL
66 8 DK
33 9 NA
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friend IMAGE OF GOD AS FRIEND
When you think about God, how likely are each of these
images to come to your mind? Would you say extremely
likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not likely
at all? Friend.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
62.0 1257 1 EXTREMELY LIKELY
26.4 535 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY
5.9 120 3 NOT TOO LIKELY
5.7 115 4 NOT LIKELY AT ALL
27 8 DK
29 9 NA
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king IMAGE OF GOD AS KING
When you think about God, how likely are each of these
images to come to your mind? Would you say extremely
likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not likely
at all? King.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
52.1 1049 1 EXTREMELY LIKELY
20.8 419 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY
13.8 278 3 NOT TOO LIKELY
13.2 266 4 NOT LIKELY AT ALL
43 8 DK
28 9 NA
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liberatr IMAGE OF GOD AS LIBERATOR
When you think about God, how likely are each of these
images to come to your mind? Would you say extremely
likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not likely
at all? Liberator.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
43.9 868 1 EXTREMELY LIKELY
29.6 584 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY
14.3 282 3 NOT TOO LIKELY
12.2 241 4 NOT LIKELY AT ALL
78 8 DK
30 9 NA
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healer IMAGE OF GOD AS HEALER
When you think about God, how likely are each of these
images to come to your mind? Would you say extremely
likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not likely
at all? Healer.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
69.7 1407 1 EXTREMELY LIKELY
20.9 423 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY
4.6 92 3 NOT TOO LIKELY
4.9 98 4 NOT LIKELY AT ALL
35 8 DK
28 9 NA
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mapa CONTRAST BETWEEN MOTHER AND FATHER
There are many different ways of picturing God. We'd
like to know the kinds of images you are most likely
to associate with God. Here is a card with sets of
contrasting images. On a scale of 1-7 where would you
place your image of God between two contrasting
images. The first set of contrasting images shows
Mother at 1 on the scale and Father at 7. If you
imagine God as Mother you would place yourself at 1.
If you imagine God as a Father, you would place
yourself at 7. If you imagine God as somewhere between
Mother and Father, you would place yourself at 2, 3,
4, 5, or 6. Where would you place your image of God on
the scale for "Mother" vs. "Father."
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.3 425 1 MOTHER
1.4 185 2
2.1 268 3
26.0 3349 4
8.5 1087 5
9.0 1158 6
49.7 6387 7 FATHER
113 8 DK
671 9 NA
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mastersp CONTRAST BETWEEN MASTER AND SPOUSE
Where would you place your image of God on the scale
for "Master" vs. "Spouse."
PCT N VALUE LABEL
50.4 6399 1 MASTER
10.9 1388 2
8.2 1042 3
20.7 2634 4
3.6 454 5
2.3 295 6
3.9 489 7 SPOUSE
165 8 DK
777 9 NA
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judgeluv CONTRAST BETWEEN JUDGE AND LOVER
Where would you place your image of God on the scale
for "Judge" vs. "Lover."
PCT N VALUE LABEL
39.6 5040 1 JUDGE
9.9 1261 2
7.9 1002 3
26.0 3310 4
4.4 554 5
3.5 449 6
8.8 1117 7 LOVER
142 8 DK
768 9 NA
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frndking CONTRAST BETWEEN FRIEND AND KING
Where would you place your image of God on the scale
for "Friend" vs. "King."
PCT N VALUE LABEL
29.4 3777 1 FRIEND
7.1 917 2
4.9 633 3
29.1 3743 4
5.0 640 5
4.2 535 6
20.2 2599 7 KING
104 8 DK
695 9 NA
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crtrheal CONTRAST BETWEEN CREATOR AND HEALER
Where would you place your image of God on the scale
for "Creator" vs. "Healer."
PCT N VALUE LABEL
30.8 1176 1 CREATOR
5.0 191 2
3.7 142 3
46.1 1761 4
2.8 106 5
3.1 118 6
8.6 330 7 HEALER
24 8 DK
145 9 NA
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rdeemlib CONTRAST BETWEEN REDEEMER AND LIBERATOR
Where would you place your image of God on the scale
for "Redeemer" vs. "Liberator."
PCT N VALUE LABEL
38.1 1445 1 REDEEMER
7.6 288 2
5.8 220 3
37.7 1430 4
3.0 113 5
2.0 76 6
5.8 218 7 LIBERATOR
39 8 DK
164 9 NA
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relig16 RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED
In what religion were you raised?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
65.7 20123 1 PROTESTANT
27.3 8364 2 CATHOLIC
2.2 671 3 JEWISH
3.4 1040 4 NONE
1.4 437 5 OTHER
2 8 DK
130 9 NA
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denom16 DENOMINATION IN WHICH R WAS RAISED
IF PROTESTANT: What specific denomination is that, if
any?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
1.5 310 10 AM BAPTIST ASSO
0.7 133 11 AM BAPT CH IN USA
0.5 97 12 NAT BAPT CONV OF AM
0.3 64 13 NAT BAPT CONV USA
8.7 1743 14 SOUTHERN BAPTIST
1.9 383 15 OTHER BAPTISTS
22.8 4577 18 BAPTIST-DK WHICH
0.6 120 20 AFR METH EPISCOPAL
0.2 35 21 AFR METH EP ZION
6.5 1298 22 UNITED METHODIST
0.7 145 23 OTHER METHODIST
11.8 2371 28 METHODIST-DK WHICH
1.7 331 30 AM LUTHERAN
0.5 92 31 LUTH CH IN AMERICA
1.6 313 32 LUTHERAN-MO SYNOD
0.2 47 33 WI EVAN LUTH SYNOD
0.4 90 34 OTHER LUTHERAN
0.2 50 35 EVANGELICAL LUTH
6.9 1387 38 LUTHERAN-DK WHICH
0.9 179 40 PRESBYTERIAN C IN US
1.2 250 41 UNITED PRES CH IN US
0.4 78 42 OTHER PRESBYTERIAN
0.2 50 43 PRESBYTERIAN, MERGED
4.7 933 48 PRESBYTERIAN-DK WH
3.5 704 50 EPISCOPAL
18.1 3634 60 OTHER
3.2 637 70 NO DENOMINATION
6 98 DK
188 99 NA
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oth16 OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
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jew16 WHAT SORT OF JEW R WAS AT AGE 16
IF JEWISH: Were you Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or
none of these?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
14.7 30 1 ORTHODOX
39.2 80 2 CONSERVATIVE
33.8 69 3 REFORM
12.3 25 4 NONE OF THESE
28 9 NA
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fund16 HOW FUNDAMENTALIST WAS R AT AGE 16
PCT N VALUE LABEL
33.6 10089 1 FUNDAMENTALIST
46.8 14054 2 MODERATE
19.6 5898 3 LIBERAL
726 9 NA-EXCLUDED
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sprel SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
What is your (SPOUSE'S) religious preference? Is it
Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or
no religion?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
64.7 11014 1 PROTESTANT
25.3 4312 2 CATHOLIC
2.2 373 3 JEWISH
6.0 1024 4 NONE
1.8 298 5 OTHER
22 8 DK
102 9 NA
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spden SPECIFIC DENOMINATION, SPOUSE
IF PROTESTANT: What specific denomination is that, if
any?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
1.1 116 10 AM BAPTIST ASSO
0.4 46 11 AM BAPT CH IN USA
0.3 35 12 NAT BAPT CONV OF AM
0.2 22 13 NAT BAPT CONV USA
6.8 749 14 SOUTHERN BAPTIST
1.9 211 15 OTHER BAPTISTS
20.1 2210 18 BAPTIST-DK WHICH
0.3 32 20 AFR METH EPISCOPAL
0.1 15 21 AFR METH EP ZION
5.9 644 22 UNITED METHODIST
0.4 39 23 OTHER METHODIST
10.9 1195 28 METHODIST-DK WHICH
1.6 173 30 AM LUTHERAN
0.5 59 31 LUTH CH IN AMERICA
1.4 153 32 LUTHERAN-MO SYNOD
0.2 18 33 WI EVAN LUTH SYNOD
0.3 34 34 OTHER LUTHERAN
0.4 49 35 EVANGELICAL LUTH
7.8 857 38 LUTHERAN-DK WHICH
0.9 97 40 PRESBYTERIAN C IN US
1.2 134 41 UNITED PRES CH IN US
0.3 38 42 OTHER PRESBYTERIAN
0.3 33 43 PRESBYTERIAN, MERGED
4.9 535 48 PRESBYTERIAN-DK WH
3.8 416 50 EPISCOPAL
21.8 2388 60 OTHER
6.2 676 70 NO DENOMINATION
17 98 DK
117 99 NA
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spother OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
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spjew WHAT SORT OF JEW IS RS SPOUSE CURRENTLY
IF JEWISH: Does (s/he) consider (her/himself)
Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or none of these?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.5 3 1 ORTHODOX
32.9 28 2 CONSERVATIVE
48.2 41 3 REFORM
15.3 13 4 NONE OF THESE
1 8 DK
36 9 NA
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spfund HOW FUNDAMENTALIST IS SPOUSE CURRENTLY
PCT N VALUE LABEL
31.5 5224 1 FUNDAMENTALIST
46.9 7780 2 MODERATE
21.7 3595 3 LIBERAL
546 9 NA-EXCLUDED
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sprel16 RELIGION IN WHICH SPOUSE RAISED
In what religion was your (husband/wife) raised?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
65.4 11053 1 PROTESTANT
27.2 4603 2 CATHOLIC
2.2 372 3 JEWISH
3.6 610 4 NONE
1.6 275 5 OTHER
94 8 DK
138 9 NA
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spden16 DENOMINATION IN WHICH SPOUSE RAISED
IF PROTESTANT: What specific denomination is that, if
any?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
1.3 139 10 AM BAPTIST ASSO
0.4 47 11 AM BAPT CH IN USA
0.3 37 12 NAT BAPT CONV OF AM
0.2 22 13 NAT BAPT CONV USA
7.3 803 14 SOUTHERN BAPTIST
1.5 169 15 OTHER BAPTISTS
22.7 2488 18 BAPTIST-DK WHICH
0.4 42 20 AFR METH EPISCOPAL
0.1 13 21 AFR METH EP ZION
5.9 644 22 UNITED METHODIST
0.5 52 23 OTHER METHODIST
12.9 1420 28 METHODIST-DK WHICH
1.7 190 30 AM LUTHERAN
0.3 38 31 LUTH CH IN AMERICA
1.1 126 32 LUTHERAN-MO SYNOD
0.2 19 33 WI EVAN LUTH SYNOD
0.4 49 34 OTHER LUTHERAN
0.2 27 35 EVANGELIC LUTH
8.2 901 38 LUTHERAN-DK WHICH
0.8 87 40 PRESBYTERIAN C IN US
1.1 125 41 UNITED PRES CH IN USA
0.2 26 42 OTHER PRESBYTERIAN
0.2 27 43 PRESBYTERIAN, MERGED
4.9 540 48 PRESBYTERIAN-DK WH
3.7 405 50 EPISCOPAL
18.8 2065 60 OTHER
4.4 480 70 NO DENOMINATION
48 98 DK
156 99 NA
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spoth16 OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
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spjew16 WHAT SORT OF JEW WAS RS SPOUSE AT 16
IF JEWISH: What (s/he) Orthodox, Conservative, Reform
or none of these?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
16.0 13 1 ORTHODOX
43.2 35 2 CONSERVATIVE
32.1 26 3 REFORM
8.6 7 4 NONE OF THESE
2 8 DK
46 9 NA
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spfund16 HOW FUNDAMENTALIST WAS SPOUSE AT 16
PCT N VALUE LABEL
32.1 5300 1 FUNDAMENTALIST
48.6 8017 2 MODERATE
19.3 3193 3 LIBERAL
635 9 NA-EXCLUDED
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tithing HOW MUCH DOES R GIVE TO RELIGION
About how much do you contribute to your religion
every year (not including school tuition)?
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prayer BIBLE PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that no
state or local government may require the reading of
the Lord's prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
What are your views on this--do you approve or
disapprove of the court ruling?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
38.7 6161 1 APPROVE
61.3 9741 2 DISAPPROVE
553 8 DK
44 9 NA
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prayery BIBLE PRAYER IN SCHOOLS-VERSION Y
What are your views on the reading of the Lord's
Prayer or Bible verses in public schools? do you think
it should be required in all public schools, not
allowed in any public schools, or that it should be up
to each state or local community to decide?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
31.8 224 1 REQUIRED
8.5 60 2 FORBIDDEN
59.7 420 3 LOCAL DECISION
19 8 DK
8 9 NA
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prayerx BIBLE PRAYER IN SCHOOLS -- VERSION Z
Which of these statements comes closest to your
feelings about prayers in the public schools? The
Lord's prayer or some Bible verse should be read
daily. There should be a moment for silent prayer or
meditation daily. No prayer or other religious
observances should be held in the public schools.
Other (SPECIFY).
PCT N VALUE LABEL
28.7 209 1 PRAYER READ DAILY
52.5 382 2 SILENT MEDITATION
17.3 126 3 NO PRAYERS
1.5 11 4 OTHER
5 8 DK
7 9 NA
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bible FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE
Which of these statements comes closest to describing
your feelings about the Bible? a. The Bible is the
actual word of God and is to be taken literally. b.
The Bible is the inspired word of God but not
everything in it should be taken literally, word for
word. c. The Bible is an ancient book of fables,
legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by men.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
35.1 3564 1 WORD OF GOD
49.0 4977 2 INSPIRED WORD
15.3 1553 3 BOOK OF FABLES
0.7 71 4 OTHER
192 8 DK
77 9 NA
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bibley FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE -- VERSION Z
Here are four statements about the Bible, and I'd like
you to tell me which is closest to your own view. a.
The Bible is God's Word and all it says is true. b.
The Bible was written by men inspired by god, but it
contains some human errors. c. The Bible is a good
book because it was written by wise men, but God had
nothing to do with it. d. The Bible was written by men
who lived so long ago that it is worth very little
today.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
46.5 852 1 GOD'S WORD
45.9 841 2 INSPIRED BY GOD
5.6 103 3 WRITTEN BY MAN
1.4 26 4 NOT WORTH MUCH
0.7 12 5 OTHER
22 8 DK
32 9 NA
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1972-1994 General Social Survey Cumulative File